Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen by Dyan Sheldon

This book was made into a movie starring Lindsay Lohan, Alison Pill and Megan Fox.  Though I did not watch the movie as part of the Lit Flicks Challenge I can see how the novel could easily be adapted. 

Many Young Adult novels follow a formula.  In one, the main character gets into an impossible situation of his/her own doing, makes more mistakes and learns a lesson in the end.  Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen strays from this formula but not by much.

Mary Elizabeth Cep (who insists on being called Lola) is forced to move from New York city to Dellwood, New Jersey by her mother.  Her mother and little sisters call her Drama Queen due to her propensity to always be in character.  As the new girl at Dellwood High School, she tries to keep the other students guessing about her personality.  She even lies to her best friend, Ella, to make herself more interesting. 

When it’s time for the drama class to hold a production of Pygmalion, Lola is confident she will get the lead part.  After all, she has perfected a Cockney accent.  Carla Santini, the most popular girl in school, wants the same role.  Most of the book is about the battle of Lola and Carla to be reigning queen of the drama department. 

The ending offers resolutions to many of the storylines but is unsatisfying.  In fact, I checked out another copy of the book from the library on the suspicion that the last five or six pages were missing from the first book.  Nope.  They both ended the same.